ATP provides energy for cellular work by transferring a phosphate group. Which specific bond is broken to release 7.3 kcal/mol of energy?
Q1. ATP provides energy for cellular work by transferring a phosphate group. Which specific bond is broken to release 7.3 kcal/mol of energy?
Answer: Terminal Phosphate-Phosphate bond
Explanation: Breaking the terminal phosphate-phosphate phosphoanhydride bond releases 7.3 kcal/mol. The ribose-phosphate bond is wrong because it is a lower-energy ester bond.